happy sweet sixteen megan!!!

It is my sisters 16th birthday today and I cannot believe that she is ready and legal to hit the road! Honestly, it seems like a week ago I was just starting to drive and Megan was in the passengers seat on the phone with mom telling her that we were still alive. ha.
I have not seen a good picture yet, but she has been given her car (thursday surprise!) it is a pearl white audi a4 with black interior. so cute! BUT it is a stick shift so I know there will be a couple stories to come of stalling out in intersections...
well HAPPY BIRTHDAY MEGAN. I wish I could be home today to give her a hug and have her tower over me. Me: 5'4 Her: 5'8. Neat.
I am about to make edits on an english paper that is due tomorrow. 6 pages of fun! Actually I think its going to be a good one. I've met with the professor twice now and i've read it so many times I'm pretty, actually REALLY sick of reading it. Hope it goes over well!
Jimmy EAt World is coming to campus! its our annual FALL FEST today. However, I did not buy tickets because I have 4 tests this week... and psych on tuesday is going to be horrible. There is so much to know! Ahhh.
What else?
- I'm starting a count down till when Mom and Megan come see me. October 12th... 13 days away (counting today) So SO SO excited.
- Fall Break: Oct. 6th-9th. it will feel soooo goooooodd. During which there is a definate possibility my girls and I will take a trip to Disneyland!!!
- Eyes are doing better, less blurry and light sensitive
- The fam and I finally got our iChat up and running! It was so good to see them in person! Oh and with megans new addition to our little Mac family she can chat with me too! :)
- Last night it had been offically a month since my first night here. Time really does fly.
- Tennis tournament in Claremont yesterday, I played doubles and lost. We were lucky enough to play the #1 seat for Claremont in the first round.
- I am incredibly tired.
- Just did a load of laundry and feel like an acomplished and clean person.
- Today is Sunday.... which means its sundea sunday. yum yum!
- OH and last night we had a team dinner at this girl Katie's house and her parents made us spinach/artichoke dip w/ pita chips, lasangua, and mud pie for dessert. it was so insanely delicious I really couldn't stand it. Homemade food has never tasted so good. (Accept for your dinners mom!!) So it basically made me homesick for real for and not commons sandwiches..
- Team bonding night: Wednesday. @ the Branding Iron (this 18+ dance/bar club thing) .....should be a good time :)

Love everyone and Happy Birthday to sis again!!!
♥

my list of current happennings

In route to go to bed but wanted to give a list of the lastest happenings:

- fire drill last night: 11:30pm... i actually thought there was a fire.
- wanted to work out this morning, set my alarm for 7am, when 7 came I reset it for 8am, and then when 8 came I threw my clock at my desk.
- girls soccer game tonight. vs cal lutheran. we tied.
- i ate lunch by myself today, i sat under a tree and ate my sandwich as quickly as possible.
- got to english 25 minutes early because I didn't want to sit by myself for any longer than necessary and i know the teacher thinks I do not have a life.
- i have the busiest day of my life tomorrow... class starts at 9:30am - tennis team dinner ends at 7pm...
- no more partying on thursday's, 3 nights in a row makes a walking train wreck.
- I went to the ER on sunday, then to the optomitrist yesterday, new drops, new doctor, 2 eye infections.
(i dont know if im contagious)
- i have 4 tests next week.
- and a 6 page paper due on monday.
- i worked out yesterday when the entire baseball team entered (5 minutes after my workout began) and ended up running for 4.5 miles because I didn't want to walk by them all.... so I just waited until they left... kept running until they left...
- oh ps: my legs feel like lead.
- i have my bio class in the morn and it is seriously a problem. I get to the point where I'm not so much scared im going to fall asleep... but more that when I do I'll fall out of my chair and onto the guy aka creepo. next to me.
- people think I probably wear glasses for fun bc everytime I go somewhere I'm wearing something different on my face.
- it was almost 90 degrees today.
- now I'm going to bed.. :)

hope you enjoyed my power list!

very long weekend

So its pretty late and I just finished up drafting an english essay. I am extremely tried and had one of those never ending-longest -day-of- your-life day's. I woke up late because me and the girls went out last night and we went to brunch. Then we came back and my eyes were bothering me so I tried to put some visine in them. I slept with my contacts in last night, not thinking to take them out before bed, but I've done that in the past and its never been a problem.. Anyways they both turned blood shot and started stinging and then they got really light sensative and starting freaking out. So my roommate helped me turn off the lights and put a cool cloth on my eyes but lying down just made me focus on it more and then I started getting this pressure behind my eyes, like front of my head. SO, to make a long story short I thought I was going blind, haha. And it was really perfect because today was a sunday and our health clinic is colsed sundays.. so hilary and dani ended up having to drive me to the ER to get my eyes checked out. After a 2 hour wait and confusing paperwork that I didnt understand I learned I had two eye infections, woohoooo.
So we went to fill the prescription at Walgreens and then came back to eat dinner. Then Jackie had to drive me back out to Walgreems to PICK up my eye drops. Then, by the time we arrived back on campus disaster struck and my good friend's boyfriend broke up with her. They would have been dating for 3 years on the 10th of october.... So i had to go over and help her for the remaining part of my night. When things calmed down in that department I realized I had an english paper I needed to make some progress on, but due to my eye condition, could not start earlier today SO here I am... midnight. Calling it a night. I have a 730am tennis workout in the morning. That means AT THE GYM at 730AM.... Ummmhmmmm, yeah.
I'll definately sleep well!

i thought i moved away from the rain...

So even if I move states and attempt to find the sunshine, the rain still finds me. I woke up this morning to sprinkles and a very wet parking lot, ugh! Everything is cloudy and grey here, its feels like home! So, in that sense it's kinda nice, well more familiar than "nice" lol, but nevertheless, it's not sunny. This rain also means the courts are wet so the doubles match we were tentatively planning is not looking promising...
Oh! I almost forgot to write about my night last night! :) It was very fun, Hil and I went to the Chi Ro Psi (spelling?) house a little off campus to meet the new frat pledges. It was kinda more like a group date thing. I was actually glad because they were all nice and kinda cute (nothing special lol) but it was better so I didn't feel tied down to talking to just one person. Katie, our friend from Delta was there and a few more of her sorority friends. It was more like a "meet&greet" for the guys, to see if they liked the frat, house, and members, etc. They had wine and cheese and crackers for us. I had a glass (well plastic cup, ha) of red and then white. I liked the white better I think. Anyways, it was really fun and I got to meet a lot of people, even other girls too who where there as dates and friends and stuff.
After that this guy Joe (in my english class, Hil's former crush..) picked us up with his friend and took us to this baseball party. It was okay but it was loud and the guys there were drunk and obnoxious. Anyways, we made it home in one piece, lots more stories but I'm headed out for some brunch, yum! :)

date night!

So, first off... Hil and I have dates tonight!!! :) We met this girl from Delta last night and theres this mixer thing for fraternity pledges and they need dates for dinner/drinks and she thought of us! so we are getting all dressed up in our "cocktail dresses" and heading out for a good dinner and maybe some drinks ;) Hopefully they are cute! But even if they're not, we'll meet people and hopefully get to know some of the Delta girls better. Delta is the sorority I'd be interested in if I chose to go greek.. there are four different ones. But freshmen aren't allowed to rush until second semester spring so no need to worry about it now. I'm off to go do make up and get dressed with Hil. Update later!

oh and liz is coming!!

I almost forgot Liz is coming tomorrow... my first visitor! She's in route to UCLA but is staying with me for one night. I'm so excited to show her around the town, go out to dinner, and have her meet my roommates and new friends :)
I miss her so much! I'm sooo excited!!! :)
♥

my package came!

Just running off to the tennis courts, but I wanted to write a little note because I am so happy my package came today!! :) My wonderful family sent me an entire pan of carmelitas (soooo deliciouis) and a cute card and other random things to keep me busy! I love getting mail and I'm so happy that I got a little something that reminded me of home today. OH and mom sent a REALLY cute pair of sweats from Napa that I'm planning on sporting tonight. yah!
I love you all :) to the moon and back

lazy sunday

So I am due for an update, badly. Between classes and socially packed calendar I need to work on leaving some time to tell everyone what I've been up to. Well, I AM alive! I actually just woke up a little bit ago, late night. Last night was the first football game!! WooHooo.. we won 42-7 :) against some indian team? not sure. Anyways, that was really fun and then late it was our first all-school party 'En Fuego' We all dresseed up in red, orange, and yellow and made a night ot it :)
It was kinda like a dance but a lot of people ended up showing up and it was really good to for once start to see some familiar faces.
We didnt get home until late so a nap is looking pretty good today... I have some homework to do too. Friday I had my first spanish test ant I got an A-. I was pretty happy, and given the fact that most of it was review from HS I didnt have to study that much.
On friday night we went to this baseball party at some guys house off capmpus. The house was a little small for the amount of people who were actually there but they opened up the back yeard so it ws ok.
The heat has somewhat subsided... Wednesday was up there (like 100 again) but its been in the 90's more or less.
Tennis is going well too. I had my second inter-squad challenge match on Friday and won 6-1 6-2 :) I played this sophomore and shes really nice. But it was soo hott out on the court! OMG. I felt like my skin was just going to burn off. Omg. So, I'm 2-0 for intersquad matches. My first one was last sunday and I won in a tiebreaker 6-3 5-7 (tiebreak:10-8) Close, i Know. The girl I played then was a sophomore too and she played #6 for the team last year, so... thats good, yeah? There are 8 girls who make the travelling team and the rest practice and play home matches. I'm not expecting to make travelling and there are a couple girls who are abroad right now who dont come back until second semester, and a few of them were their top players last year. But reguardless, it will be a learning experiencee and I'm so glad the girls are all so nice. One of them is in a sorority (Delta) and wants me to look into it. Greek life would be so much fun but I have to make sure my schedule balances ok. I think after this semester I'll be able to see what I can and can't handle.
Will write back soon. Hi from sunny CA!! :)

a quick update

ahhhh so I havent updated in a while! where does the time go? well I'm just about to go hit but I wanted to write a little something so that it won't be a week since I've writenn anything!! Everthings going so well here! I went out both nights this weekend (and thursday) lol and met lots of really neat people. Its so weird for me to keep seeing non-familiar faces, I have to get used to not knowing everyone, the campus still feels so big!
Its cooling down today, I think (hope!) our 115 degree days are over... today's a designated homework day. And it will be nice to just relax and lay low. I might go lay out but a nap is sounding really good right now. I don't think I realize how much I'm running around doing things, staying out late and waking up at a reasonable hour. I think my energy, or lack there of, will catch up with me. I think it would be wise to power nap before our first monday of school rolls around!

happy labor day!

Classes start tomorrow. My first one is Bio at 9:30am. I think jackie and I are going to hit the gym before, its so nice here! Then I have psch around 11ish. But I havent had a chance to check and see which buliding thats in so! that will be an adventure! :)
Hopefully my other english book that I had to order comes in tomorrow, but I dont have it until Wednesday. Some girls and I watched the HIlls on the internet tonight since cable is hard to come buy and the supposed "cable guy" isnt showing up until Wednesday. woohooo.
We went off campus tonight to look around town (and also to get Ohana frozen yogurt) but since it was labor day everything was closed except for our lovely DQ! gotta love those dipped cones :)
Happy Labor Day everyone!

classes in two days!

Well, today offically concludes my first weekend here. It really weird because these past few days it has felt like there has been a million people all over campus and Im just realizing that 3/4 of our student body is not even here yet. ahh! It already feels so big. Anyways, last night was really fun. We had a dance thing and before me and some girls went to a party the baseball team was throwing. But the apartment was way too small and like 500 degrees so we didnt last long, lol. It's kinda cooled down today? I think the only reason I think that is because there's a breeze but the heat wave is supposed to end at the end of this week.
Classes start tuesday. I think were staying in a watching movies tonight, I have to work on this article for my Bio class due tuesday. Laying low :)
Excited/nervous for everyone else to get here!

weekend

First offical weekend night at school. But since its still freshmen orientation everything is like planned out and organized. The "mingling" is forced and Im getting tired of saying my name and where Im from. BUT it was a fun night, we had the 100th Centenial Dinner celebration where we wore our school colors and such :)
---going to sleep.
ps. register for classes tomorrow! wish me luck!! :D